pneumatically

pneu·mat·ic  (n-mtk, ny-) also pneu·mat·i·cal (--kl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to air or other gases.

2. Of or relating to pneumatics.

3.

a. Run by or using compressed air: a pneumatic drill.

b. Filled with air, especially compressed air: a pneumatic tire.

4. Zoology Having cavities filled with air, as the bones of certain birds.

5. Of or relating to the pneuma; spiritual.

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[French pneumatique, from Latin pneumaticus, from Greek pneumatikos, from pneuma, pneumat-, wind; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]

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pneu·mati·cal·ly adv.

pneuma·tici·ty (nm-ts-t, ny-) n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

pneumatically - in a pneumatic manner; "at the present time the transmission is very often done hydraulically or pneumatically"

Translations

pneumatically

adv → mit or durch Druck- or Pressluft; a pneumatically operated drill → ein pressluftbetriebener Bohrer